[Adoptacomposter] meeting

valentina karga valkarga at gmail.com
Sun Sep 23 00:33:28 CEST 2012 

Hi all,

I went today a bit late, I guess around 13.00. Sorry,my meeting lasted too long. 
Unfortunately I think almost all my worms were dead:( ! Only a couple were still half alive.
how are yours doing? everybody's still alive and active?
I think its too cold for this small compost heaps and that we should move it indoors in Bethanien.

I added shredded newspaper (a bit wet) and food, hopping to help them last moment but i don't think they ll make it.
next weeks I am traveling and then I have a performance and a workshop end of October so I don;t think i can make it for the excursion even though sounds good idea.

best,
Valentina


valentina karga
www.valentinakarga.com
www.berlinfarmlab.tumblr.com






On Sep 22, 2012, at 4:08 PM, Alexandra R. Toland wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> sorry I was a little late today and didn't meet anyone.
> no flies, wasps, or other critters around the worm village today-
> probably because of the cooler weather.
> since the doodle didn't help much - how about meeting next Sunday @ 12?
> maybe it would help motivate us more if we made some fun action out of the meeting – 
> like a worm flash mob... we could take the worms on an excursion to kotti to scavenge for food and bedding...
> or maybe just take the boxes out on the Bethanien lawns to dress the boxes for winter and do a photo shooting.
> what do you all think?
> 
> best Alex
> 
> On 9/22/12 3:12 PM, andrea schneemeier wrote:
>> hi all, 
>>  I went there today, met Tim but no one else was there. we left around 12.25.
>> hope we could organize a proper meeting some time soon, to see what the best way could be with the experiment - as I said, am completely new to komposting and worry about my worms. i really don't want them die because of my inexperience...
>> have a nice weekend and hopefully see you all soon - any idea how could organize a meeting more effectively?
>> 
>> Andrea
>> 
>> --- On Sat, 9/22/12, shu lea cheang <shulea at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> 
>> From: shu lea cheang <shulea at earthlink.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Adoptacomposter] meeting
>> To: "adopt-a-composter" <adoptacomposter at compostingthecity.mobi>
>> Date: Saturday, September 22, 2012, 2:13 PM
>> 
>> hi, this is fine. i think you all should STIR, tumble, mix your compost...
>> everytime you put veggie in, stir them with earth/worms and see around the ground
>> and pick some brown stuff (fallen leaves, wood chips) to cover it.
>> everytime with a layer of such brown stuff is necessary
>> 
>> have good meeting
>> sl
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> Good morning*
>>> Ill try to be there too...By the way I was there yesterday and noticed that my compost is covered by mushroom (or mold -mould-mildew...?...schimmel)...I dont know if thats part of the normal process but before it affects yr work too I thought I should tell you because it could spread very fast...
>>> If anyone knows or has suggestions how to proceed please letme know...Maybe its a sign of failure and I should remove my compost...
>>> 
>>> thank you
>>> 
>>> g
>>> 
>>> Da: andrea schneemeier <kleinepanik at yahoo.com>
>>> A: adopt-a-composter <adoptacomposter at compostingthecity.mobi>
>>> Inviato: Sabato 22 Settembre 2012 10:50
>>> Oggetto: Re: [Adoptacomposter] meeting
>>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> I try to come as well - I am new to the whole thing of composting (except helping sometimes at my mother's garden), and happy to learn all secrets and tricks about it!
>>> see you soon,
>>> Andrea 
>>> 
>>> --- On Sat, 9/22/12, Alexandra R. Toland <a.r.toland at mailbox.tu-berlin.de> wrote:
>>> 
>>> From: Alexandra R. Toland <a.r.toland at mailbox.tu-berlin.de>
>>> Subject: Re: [Adoptacomposter] meeting
>>> To: "adopt-a-composter" <adoptacomposter at compostingthecity.mobi>
>>> Date: Saturday, September 22, 2012, 9:32 AM
>>> Hi all,
>>> I haven't been @ the worm villas in a while, so I'll try to come around 12 to add some more bedding and check on ecosystem-health indicators (mites, flies, worm cocoons...)
>>> hope to see some of you!
>>> Alex
>>> 
>>> On 9/22/12 8:05 AM, valentina karga wrote:
>>>> Dear everyone,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I am sorry I didn't speak all this time. I am very busy this period. I am going today to take my worms out of the bag and add bedding.
>>> If anyone was planning to come by, hopefully we will meet.
>>> Around 12.00..
>>> 
>>> Greetings,
>>> Valentina
>>> 
>>> 
>>> valentina karga
>>> www.valentinakarga.com
>>> www.berlinfarmlab.tumblr.com
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Sep 19, 2012, at 4:09 PM, shu lea cheang wrote:
>>> 
>>>> dear all
>>> 
>>> 
>>> yes, good to see some discussion going and the concerns about the condition.
>>> Very true, to set this composter as 'public art' , we are taking the risk of being vandalized.
>>> i am happy to see the process of self-organization going. i rather not to impose any
>>> administration assistance at this moment and see how the 12 adoptors (as a social
>>> connectors) can resolve this issues collectively.
>>> 
>>> yes, please update on the website blog.., this eventually shoud be presented at transmediale2013..
>>> so the most public record of 'Composting food,thoughts,emotions and related mutations including environmental accidents."
>>> http://www.compostingthecity.mobi/index.php?mod=bview
>>> (please let me know you have trouble updating it, i am seeing some intersting posts)
>>> 
>>> Gaia, your credits have been updated.
>>> sorry i am in transit in the United States,,, just got to new york city
>>> 
>>> very soon
>>> sl
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Hallo alle!
>>> 
>>> Sorry I kept myself in a non-interacting way because I was travelling but followed the conversations.
>>> Im on my way to the compost castle and what I did before I left was building a carton box placing a t-shirt on the bottom filled with
>>> the composting matters -- I left the box half open at the top and sort of half covered it with the almost empty bag of the soil we all got.
>>> Im now going to check what happened.
>>> About keeping updated the page on the site well...I could only place an Avatar but no pictures and no text..Still fighting to understand how.
>>> 
>>> What I mostly love is to see how passionate the discussion is and I personally see it totally organic to the process of our composting journey...Composting food,thoughts,emotions and related mutations including environmental accidents.
>>> Our daily feeding and related thoughts, misunderstandings (including tongue-like mistakes) but also achievements almost remind me of the myth of Babilonia (a dream and a nightmare at the same time).
>>> 
>>> I guess this reflections are exactely what I should post on the web site...But while fighting to make it happen Ill just communicate directely to you dears companions.
>>> 
>>> P.S
>>> I dont know who is updating the website relating to the credits page where our names as adoptors are displayed (http://www.compostingthecity.mobi/berlin/html/credits.html)...I wrote to Shu Lea Cheang to ask to link my name to my projectspace but I see nothing changed.
>>> So...If any of you is doing that please link my name to www.liebig12.wordpress.com (it is actually my artist studio that works as a projectspace too and if by the way anyone as ideas or projects to present please visit me or write me!***it is in FrankfurterTor***and open to host almost any idea).
>>> 
>>> I wish u a beautiful day.
>>> 
>>> g
>>> 
>>> Da: Alexandra R. Toland <a.r.toland at mailbox.tu-berlin.de>
>>> A: adopt-a-composter <adoptacomposter at compostingthecity.mobi>
>>> Inviato: Mercoledì 19 Settembre 2012 13:03
>>> Oggetto: [Adoptacomposter] meeting
>>> 
>>> Hello all,
>>> 
>>> just looked at the doodle and realized that most people could meet on Tuesday (yesterday). Did that happen?
>>> I was sick yesterday, unfortunately, and am still recovering. It would be great if someone else took the lead on our plans to meet.
>>> 
>>> Also, Gaby informed me yesterday that the worm house and area around it is pretty trashed - litter everywhere, smell of urine, and flies and wasps swarming around the bins.
>>> This is the reality of Kreuzberg - if there is little activity and "social control" around a project, it literally gets "composted" by the circumstances of the city.
>>> 
>>> I realize we're all super busy people, most of us with very little experience vermicomposting, but for this project to survive, I do think that a regular meeting (say once a month?) or at the very least one initial meeting where everyone (including more silent members and rudi, the worming expert) get together and exchange practicle knowledge about care & feeding, bedding insulation, and eventually design.
>>> 
>>> suggestions much appreciated!
>>> best, Alex
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